Septem– Sworn in as the first female Supreme Court justice of the United States.ġ982 – Writes an opinion invalidating a women-only enrollment policy at a Mississippi State nursing school because it “tends to perpetuate the stereotyped view of nursing as an exclusively women’s job.” Mississippi University for Women, et al., v. ![]() She is the first woman to hold this office in any state.ġ975-1979 – Superior Court judge of Maricopa County.ġ979-1981 – Judge of the Arizona Court of Appeals.Īug– Formally nominated to the Supreme Court by President Ronald Reagan, to fill the seat of retiring Justice Potter Stewart. In retirement, O’Connor has campaigned around the United States to abolish elections for judges, believing that a merit system leads to a more qualified and untainted judiciary.ġ952-1953 – County deputy attorney in San Mateo, California.ġ955-1957- Works as a civilian lawyer for the Quartermaster Corps in Germany, while her husband serves with the Army’s Judge Advocate General Corps.ġ959 – Opens a law firm in Maryvale, Arizona.ġ965-1969 – Assistant Attorney General of Arizona.ġ969 – Appointed to fill a vacant seat in the Arizona Senate.ġ972 – Reelected to the Arizona Senate and elected majority leader. At her confirmation hearings, she said, “Judges are not only not authorized to engage in executive or legislative functions, they are also ill-equipped to do so.” In law school, she was on the Stanford Law Review and third in her class.Ī proponent of judicial restraint. in Economics, 1950, graduated magna cum laude Stanford Law School, LL.B, 1952 ![]() Marriage: John Jay O’Connor III (1952-2009, his death)Įducation: Stanford University, B.A.
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